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CTyankee

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61. Fried okra is good, but I like it boiled. It's the slime that people don't like. I love the slime!

Thu Sep 5, 2024, 11:19 AM

Sep 2024

I lived in Dallas but went to visit my aunt and uncle in Brownwood every summer. My uncle just spoiled me rotten and did I love it!

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Fugelsang: Vance is toast [View all] kpete Sep 2024 OP

Lol, that will piss off any woman Bev54 Sep 2024 #1

Hey, that pissed me off...I'm a guy... MiHale Sep 2024 #4

LOL thanks for the reminder, mine never cooked. Bev54 Sep 2024 #5

I cook, she bakes, we both clean the home... MiHale Sep 2024 #6

My Son is the baker True Blue American Sep 2024 #48

My stovetop right now BaronChocula Sep 2024 #18

Wow! SimplyHadEnough Sep 2024 #19

They aren't like the ones I grew up with BaronChocula Sep 2024 #29

Lodge is awful True Blue American Sep 2024 #47

I'd be interested to know how it works BaronChocula Sep 2024 #64

They may have been Griswold pans Woodwizard Sep 2024 #54

I remember my mother's large Griswold skillet. wnylib Sep 2024 #57

I looked for a brand name on them BaronChocula Sep 2024 #65

omg! your stove is so CLEAN! orleans Sep 2024 #31

Luckily you can't see the drip pans BaronChocula Sep 2024 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 2024 #39

Those skillets are BEAUTIES!! Shiny, glossy, well seasoned! maspaha Sep 2024 #42

Do you soak it in bleach after and are your eggs from only straight cows? Brainfodder Sep 2024 #26

Even men who don't cook do eat soldierant Sep 2024 #33

It doesn't piss me off but I vaguely remember that it is a 'bad thing' Jack Valentino Sep 2024 #37

As unlikable as he is... radical noodle Sep 2024 #52

It would piss me, a guy off... Gaytano70 Sep 2024 #12

And my husband! He's the cook of the family. calimary Sep 2024 #15

Same same! catchnrelease Sep 2024 #46

My son is the cook here and he loves my cast iron. I wash them with soap. They're 50 years old and so seasoned I can ratchiweenie Sep 2024 #53

Whatta moran! MiHale Sep 2024 #2

Lie central scrutinizer Sep 2024 #3

LOL.. Now that is a mortal sin (even among atheists) hlthe2b Sep 2024 #7

That boy ain't right in the head. ms liberty Sep 2024 #8

That sounds nasty considering his wife is his dishwasher. twodogsbarking Sep 2024 #9

good one lol nt et tu Sep 2024 #14

This sounds like the dirty joke about what his wife and their diswasher have in common. TheBlackAdder Sep 2024 #43

OMG, that's like the anti-Tim Walz fixed your bicycle Susan Calvin Sep 2024 #10

Here's the image for anyone who can't see it. ShazzieB Sep 2024 #11

Thank you! LauraInLA Sep 2024 #16

Thanks a bunch. steventh Sep 2024 #20

JD drinks Diet Mt. Dew, unsweetened iced tea, makes instant grits, biscuits from a can IronLionZion Sep 2024 #13

Not instant grits!!!! Old Crank Sep 2024 #21

No self respecting southerner uses instant grits! IronLionZion Sep 2024 #23

You eat grits with red eye gravy made from made from frying up ham steak, too... CTyankee Sep 2024 #28

Or shrimp is great too IronLionZion Sep 2024 #30

"Vance. . . has actual cookies in the Royal Dansk tin at his house." Collimator Sep 2024 #59

Even when I see the tins wrapped in plastic at the store, IronLionZion Sep 2024 #62

No one has any idea. . . Collimator Sep 2024 #63

I actually like Royal Dansk cookies! nt Susan Calvin Sep 2024 #66

I was wondering who ate all the cookies IronLionZion Sep 2024 #67

Someone's got to do it. Collimator Sep 2024 #69

Henckels Cutlery A_Steel_Magnolia Sep 2024 #17

...and doesn't season it afterwards! lastlib Sep 2024 #22

LOL LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2024 #24

The kind of guy that uses Prep-H on the wrong orifice? Brainfodder Sep 2024 #25

I'm a 3rd generation Texan who gave up schlepping my seasoned cast iron skilled around just too long. CTyankee Sep 2024 #27

I put Okra in my Gumbo ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 2024 #40

I am with your husband on Okra. True Blue American Sep 2024 #49

Fried okra is good, but I like it boiled. It's the slime that people don't like. I love the slime! CTyankee Sep 2024 #61

JD Vance doesn't put the toilet seat back down nt Quixote1818 Sep 2024 #32

He throws away his bacon grease kwijybo Sep 2024 #34

I season my skillets with bacon grease ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 2024 #41

Bacon in your green beans. True Blue American Sep 2024 #50

Pressure cooker is my favorite kwijybo Sep 2024 #70

I really did canetoad Sep 2024 #36

I have at least one cast-iron skillet around here somewhere--- Jack Valentino Sep 2024 #38

Rusts immediately. usonian Sep 2024 #45

Coarse 4" wire wheel in a drill cleans that right up. Woodwizard Sep 2024 #55

Yup, a lot of work. Most people won't have the power tools, nor the patience to re-season the pan. NT usonian Sep 2024 #56

Not linseed oil? Conjuay Sep 2024 #60

Never used it Woodwizard Sep 2024 #68

Wow. Nt Figarosmom Sep 2024 #44

That man claims to be a hillbilly. His granny would have taught him how to treat a cast iron pan. mucholderthandirt Sep 2024 #51

I have my Grandmothers cast iron skillet.. she was born in the 1890's .. i still use it Peacetrain Sep 2024 #58